MPs call on David Cameron to give married couples a tax break

TORY MPs have called on David Cameron to deliver on his manifesto pledge of tax breaks to married couples.

David Cameron must deliver a tax break for married couples, Conservative MPs say []

A group of 15 Conservatives, including former ministers, want the Prime Minister to introduce a transferable tax allowance within months.

As the end of the current parliament looms with still no sign of the promise being implemented, the angry MPs have demanded action, as concerns grow over the Coalition’s failure to bring the plan into fruition.

In a joint letter, issued last night, they said: "We are now past the half way point of this Parliament and, as Conservative MPs, we are calling on the Prime Minister to ensure that these budget resolutions are put before Parliament."

Under the proposed measure, stay-at-home parents would be allowed to
transfer part of their allowance to a spouse, saving four million
married couples £150 a year.

A group of senior Tory MPs has urged David Cameron to deliver on his manifesto promise of a tax break for married couples

The 15 Conservatives argued that this transferable tax allowance for married partners was a "vital weapon in combating child poverty".

However, as Mr Osborne outlined the social agenda he said would win the election for the Conservatives yesterday, there was no mention of tax breaks for married couples – as he instead focused on same-sex marriage.